Note: I get asked about wax resist, a technique that I learned
while at the John Singer Sargent watercolor exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. He was great with it. It's simply clear wax on the paper to repel a
watercolor wash, great for highlights, great for birch trees, great for any whites and highlights. I've used white Crayola crayons, which works fine on white watercolor
paper. But the last time I ordered art supplies I got some of these: Susan
Scheewe Watercolor Resist Sticks, clear wax crayons. Clear wax is preferred
because it can also be used over a wash already laid down to preserve that color. As of this posting, April 2014, Dick Blick had them, a pack of four, for $4.09 and Jerry's Artarama had
them for $3.37. The edge of a block of paraffin works fine, too, and even a clear candle.

About Me

Photo in Iceland, June 2014 - I enjoy dabbling with watercolors, oils and pencil sketching. Many years ago I minored in art at the University of Maine. More recently I took watercolor workshops with Susan Abbott in the Bahamas (2015), David Dewey in Maine (2014), and another with Dewitt Hardy in Maine (2014). Before that I took an oil workshop with Carol Marine in Texas (2010). I'm fortunate to have a successful career in children's' books, more than forty-five published with many honors and awards, illustrated with my photography and a few with the art of other fine artist friends.